World's largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M peopleMORE LIKE THISSunny days: The world's biggest solar energy projectsRenewable energy passes the 50% mark for new U.S. electricity capacityU.S. flips switch on massive solar power array that also stores electricityon IDG Answers How to turn on Windows 10's 'Find My Device' feature?The parabolic mirrors of Noor's solar power plant. Credit: ACWA PowerUp to 11% of the world's electricity could come from concentrated solar by 2050 By Lucas Mearian FOLLOWComputerworld | Feb 9, 2016 1:44 PM PTRELATED TOPICSSustainable ITComputer HardwareCOMMENTS The world's largest solar power plant, now live in Morocco, will eventually provide 1.1 million people with power and cut carbon emissions by 760,000 tons a year.The $9 billion Noor Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant could eventually start exporting energy to the European market.The Noor Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), paid for…

The hanging of Afzal Guru is a stain on India's democracyArundhati RoyDespite gaping holes in the case against Afzal Guru, all India's institutions played a part in putting a Kashmiri 'terrorist' to death Indian police bring Afzal Guru to court in Delhi in 2002. Photograph: Aman Sharma/APSunday 10 February 201317.36 GMTLast modified on Thursday 31 December 201523.11 GMTShare on PinterestShare on LinkedInShare on Google+Shares6739Comments600 Save for laterSpring announced itself in Delhi on Saturday. The sun was out, and the law took its course. Just before breakfast, the government of India secretlyhanged Afzal Guru, prime accused in the attack on parliament in December 2001, and interred his body in Delhi's Tihar jail where he had been in solitary confinement for 12 years. Guru's wife and son were not informed. "The authorities intimated the family through speed post and…

Olympic Fencer, a Muslim, Can Fight Fully CoveredBy VICTOR MATHERFEB. 9, 2016Photo Ibtihaj Muhammad of Maplewood, N.J. is expected to be the first American Olympian to compete while wearing a hijab. CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York TimesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storyContinue reading the main story The fencing team events rotate in and out of the Olympics; there was no team event for women’s saber in 2012, a disappointment to the Americans, who had won the bronze medal in the event at the world championships in 2011 with Muhammad on the team. Olympic rules permitted a maximum of two Americans in the individual event, leaving Muhammad out.The Americans have continued to shine in women’s saber in the years since and have now won five consecutive team medals at the world championships, including a gold in 2014.…